خط مشی های شبکه ای تهدیدی برای تصمیم گیری رویه ای و متخصص و کیفیت تصمیمات ریسک عمومی است؟

The experimental road lane case study demonstrates that policy networks (i.e., lobbying groups) operating within a network governance structure can negatively affect risk assessment and risk management. The groups can override procedural and expert-based decision making rules when they have access to public decision making powers at the appropriate level. In such situations, public officials responsible for risk management at the street level risk losing control and decision making power. The empirical findings stress the importance of taking measures that guarantee risk management in situations where the individuals responsible for risk management (i.e., public bureaucrats) lose authority and discretion. Deep knowledge of statutory and ethical obligations can endow officials with an enhanced ability to make high-quality public risk decisions and, thereby, advance critical infrastructure protection efforts. The study presented in this paper was inspired by network governance, implementation and decision making theories; the empirical data was collected through passive participatory observations and from interviews and relevant documents.